Toy phonograph.



T. J. LITLE, In. TOY PHONOGRAPH.

PPLICATION FILED 0:0.30. m4. man/:0 nzc. 1:. ms.

1 1 9 1 ,202 Patented July 18, 1916.

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TOY PHONOGRAPH;

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30. I914. RENEWED DEC. ll. I915. 1,1 91,202. Patented July 18, 1916.

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Arm/MEX dentof-Vloedburyfin thecou-nty ofGloucesi1 i2 2: ."Ap'plication fiieniiiec mberfao,i914, serial No. 879,625. Renewed Deceniter 1 iaia'I'seriiiihi $6,399,

To all team it may concern;

. Be'j it known, that LIIITHOBIAS J Limit,-

-,'Jr., a citizenjof the United States, and a resi- 5 ter-"and state ofNew Jersey; have invented a certain new and usefulToy 'Phonograpln' of j which the following is a specification.

- The principal object of the present inven tion is to provide a phonograph so cheap in lo respect to laborand material that it can be sold ahdused as atoy. Azccordingly. and generally stated the in- .v tion Comprises the selection and substituon of materials and'their combination with simple, inexpensive and eflicient parts and elements into a unitary structure comprising a" phonograph, 1

ffh'e inrention:will be claimed at the end here'of. but will be firstdesc'ribed in connec- 'tion \vjiththe embodiment of it chosen for 1l lust'rat1'on in theaccompanying, drawings.

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of the sound box. Figs. 6 and 7 are views.

Figlll'ef. l,"ls a top or. phonograph embodying.

)lan i iew of a toy eatures of the ming. the-,jstyLus:arnL. Fig.6 is a front view V showmg the blank, 1n d -fierent stages-0t manufacture, from which the stylus arm 18 made. Fig. 8, 1s a transverse. SBCtlOl'lfll new :";,through the turntable, and Fig; 9 is a pers pective view-bf thebase Wire.

Thereis a wire forming a base'loop 1 and 11m) upstanding posts 2 and 3. There is also i yijacoiledivire l and end"5 constituting a "hand-crank. A ball 6 is arranged in the 40icoiled wire and-it is held therein by a slight "'acontractionipfthe convolutions of the coil.

Thecoil {l is arranged'to receive the post 2, "the:end-pfwhichsupports the ball 6.

hand. However.- the surface of the table,

wherejthe record is applied, may not be level, as concrete insetting frequently warps and twists flggy'fhis difficulty is oyercome by the usegibfelt pads'S spaced apart and applied ace of the-table.

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v I is a side elevation-a l View. of'ttiesame. "Fig. 3, is-a' sectional "iew of the sound box and its accessories. Fig. 1, is

. a perspective View of thelsound box showflspect to the solid a is another :vit eoiled a s at to tofit the eaten-tee 5131;) is; 1-516.

post 3 and it constitutes a-horhsupport which, of course, is detachable fifprmthe p'ost 3 and. turnable thereon.

1.1, is a paper hornca 9 Wlnchpass'es through it and'is properly such. as can be produced by fpinchingit. Since the horn is madeofpaper it is cheap.- a'hile at the same time itassis tsfin the pro duction. of propersound. There is aYonepiece sheet metal stylus arm having a cam I slot 13 and di\'ergentfeet 14. 7

.blankisflthen folded'on itself and cutjdiagonallyat '17. as show'n' in Fig. 7. The feet- -l ia1 e thenf bent asfshon'n inFigs. 3: and i and 5; There is a spring clip 18. one leg of ivlnclr s arrapged in the cam slot13 and the other. leg ofwthich is arranged.through'the the socket 195 formed-intlie .foldingof the blank. and communicating with the cam slot 13, it is held "by the leg of the clip firmly yet it can be readily removed and replaced by pressing the legsof the clip together.

tried lo'xf thesupport secured as by, washerslflheldin' place by expanded or deformed portions of the wire,

.openings 16. hen'a needle'is inserted in .20. is a sound-box as of concrete and it is carried by the horn 11 and molded to the feet 14:. Thisj non-metallic soundbox possesses peculiarly advantageous featuresin respect to the. reproductionof sound, im-

parting to the latter-qualities wholly un expected and unforeseen;

21 is a paper diaphragm connected ivith the stylus arm as by passing the end of the.

latter through it and; then bending back at the end of the arnLj 'A paper diaphragm advances thegeneralg object of the inven tion and is, moreover; an excellent material in respect to the quality :of the sound.

' is a jelly-like 'rl ng iof rubber or otherelastic material applied} to the sound box and in which the edge of the dliziphragr'n isembeddedto yieldingly' suppo 'tt. it in reand heavy concrete sound box- From theforegoing description it is evident that the construction both in respec to .cost and labor is extremely other post and constituting a horn support,

s mple and inexpensive and well adapted for the production of a toy. Furthermore the choice of materials and their combination with the other elements described enables sound to be reproduced in a manner far-better than'would be expected and in fact,'in a way'that-iscomparable' with a real phonograph.

What I claim is: 1. A toy phonograph comprising the combination of a Wire forming a base loop and two upstanding posts, a coiled wire with end forming a crank, a ball in the. coiled wire adapted to rest on the end of--one of said' posts, a concrete turn-table molded onsaid coil, and provided with felt buttons, in 4 second wire coiled to .fit the end of the a paper horn carriedby said support, a one-piece sheet metal-"stylus a having a camslot and divergent feet, aspring clip in the cam slot, a concrete sound box carried by the horn and molded to said feet, a

paper diaphragm connected with said arm,

and a gelatinous ring applied to the sound box and in which the edge of the diaphragm is embedded to -yieldingly support and space it,

2. A toy phonograph comprising the combination of a-wire forming a base and two,

upstanding posts, a coiled wire with end forming a crank mounted on one of said posts, a' turn-table carried by said coil, .a

second wire coiled to. fit the end of the.

other post. and constituting a support, a horn carried by said support, a stylus arm,

and a non-metallic sound] box carried by said horn and provided with a. diaphragm connected with the stylus arm. Y

3. A toyaphonograph comprising thecombination of a wire forminga base loop and two upstanding posts, a coiled wire with end forming a crank, a' b'earing piece in the a diaphragm connected with th t l s ar have hereu t S gned my name, y Y .7

coiled wire .to--. '05 ,ithe end one of said posts, 'a turn-tablemolded vsaidcoil, a-seoond wire'coiled to fit the end of'the other-post and constituting a horn support, a horn carried by said support, a

one-piece stylus" arm, a sound box' carried by the horn, a diaphragm connected with said arm, and a ring applied tothe sound box and in which the edge of'the diaphragm I is embedded to yieldingly support and space it. I

4,; A toy phonograph comprising the combination of a wire forrninga base-loop and two upstanding posts, a turn-,table-mou'nted on oneof said posts,.a h'o'rn" support detachably and turnably mounted on the other of said posts, a horn carried by'said'support, a stylus armv having a cam slotand provided with a sprin with said slot, a sound iox carried try the horn and supporting the'styius arm, a diaphragm connected with the stylus arm, and

a ring applied to the sound box'j'and in which the edge of the diaphragm is elm-- clip. cooperating bedded toyieldingly sup'port and "space it;

box carried bysaid'. horn and provided with In testimony whereof I I \Vitnesse's: i

' CLIFFORD K. CASSEL, FRANK E. FRENCH.

' THOMAS J; LITLE, in" 

